This past Monday night, HIFF held a screenplay reading of selected scenes from Annabelle Attanasio‘s MICKEY AND THE BEAR before a packed house. Annabelle is an alumna of the 2017 HIFF Screenwriters Lab, and received funding from the Melissa Mathison Fund, established in 2016 to support female screenwriters in advancing their writing careers. Read more about the talented cast and crew. […]
You’re Invited: Screenplay Reading
November 20, 2017 by
Bullheaded, stoic, and scrappy, 17-year-old Mickey Peck lives a codependent existence with her charming, volatile father Hank. But when she falls for Wyatt, a confident newcomer with plans to move to San Francisco, Mickey realizes she wants to leave too. MICKEY AND THE BEAR tells the heartbreaking story of a teenage girl’s emancipation from her […]
#HIFF25: Closing Night!
October 9, 2017 by
It’s the last chance to catch movies at #HIFF25! Tonight offers two chances to catch our Closing Night Film I TONYA in East Hampton, but there’s so much to see between now and then… What should you see? Encore screenings, Shorts for All Ages, the Documentary and Narrative Competition winners, and more. Keep that FOMO in check! […]
HIFF25: Saturday Slideshow
October 8, 2017 by
Saturday was a star-studded affair, with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Julie Andrews presented with The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, A Conversation With Patrick Stewart, Sam Rockwell at the US Premiere of THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI, Alan Cumming at the New York Premiere of AFTER LOUIE, and the Variety 10 Actors to Watch panel […]
#HIFF25 Opening Night Slideshow
October 6, 2017 by
By all accounts, the World Premiere of ITZHAK provided one of the best Opening Night’s in HIFF’s 25-year history, as evidenced by the three (!) standing ovations following the film and the performance by Itzhak Perlman and former students from the Perlman Music Program. Before the screening, guests toasted the Silver Anniversary at Mulford Farm […]
